Invitation to Participate in Asian Contest for Architectural Rookie's Award 2017 : Indian Domestic Contest : Important stages of Rookies 2017 - 01/07/2017

Dear Principal / Faculty Members / Students, 

PVP College of Architecture, Pune invites FOURTH Year B.Arch students of 2017-18 to Participate in Asian Contest for Architectural Rookie’s Award (ACARA) – Indian Domestic Contest 2017 (Presenting their Third Year Architectural Design project of Semester 1 or Semester 2 from academic session 2016-17). We kindly request you select Only Two Students from your college to participate in the contest.

Registration for ACARA 2017 is now open. Students can now register themselves at 

https://goo.gl/forms/UbFLRi5yq99lSly62

REGISTRATION DATE EXTENDED UPTO SATURDAY, 29TH JULY 2017

FOUR IMPORTANT STAGES OF COMPETITION: 

Stage 1: Online Registration (Extended upto Saturday, 29th July 2017 latest by 23:59:59 hrs)

For registration please log on to : www,pvpcoapuneblog.blogspot.com @ https://pvpcoapuneblog.blogspot.in/2017/06/invitation-to-participate-in-asian.html 

(Note: Read the entire info and instructions before you register)
The registration will be on First come basis and only first 60 entries will be considered

Stage 2: Online Submission requirements (Latest by Wednesday, 2nd August 2017)

Please note the CODE NUMBERS to final registered members and other related details will be sent by email after 29th of July and by Monday 31st July 2017

Powerpoint presentation with maximum 10 slides and maximum 25 MB

Please note: No Videos and Walk-through are to be attached in the presentation
(To be sent via email at ‘pvpcoapune.rookies@gmail.com’)

Stage 3: Submission at PVPCOA, Pune ( From 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Friday 4th August 2017)
(Note: Submission for stage 3 to be done in person by the participant )
Submission requirements for Stage 3 are as follows:

• A1 Sheets :2 numbers (any medium is permitted, landscape or portrait format)
• Model of any suitable scale duly endorsed by the college
• Power point presentation in a DVD

Stage 4: Presentation of entries to the jury panel at PVPCOA, Pune (From 8:00am to 6:00pm, Saturday 5th August 2017)
(Powerpoint presentation of maximum 5 minutes for each entry as per Rookies standard format)


BROAD DETAILS OF ACARA: 

ACARA is an International contest for students of Architecture, held every year in order to contribute to architectural education and establish rich networking associated with modern architecture in Asia. This design competition has its own uniqueness that it is open only for the current 4th year students to present their 3rd Year B. Arch Architectural Design work. Design work, which is an important bench mark & mid destination in the five year long course of Architecture. 

Dr. Youngil Lee from Japan is the Chief organiser for ACARA. The objective of ACARA competition is to review, judge & evaluate architectural works and ideas created by students studying architectural design in universities in various countries across Asia like Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Japan, Vietnam & India. 

 For the Indian domestic contest for architectural Rookies-2017, (hosted by PVP college of architecture) invitation will be sent to all the 400 plus colleges recognised by Council of Architecture in india.

 A) ELIGIBILITY: 

 1) Bonafied students of 4th year B.Arch studying in any Architectural Institute in India recognised by Council of Architecture.

 2) Third Year Architectural Design project for Semester 1 or Semester 2 from academic session 2016-17 to be presented.

 (Note: Max. 2 Individual Entries per College ; Group work will not be eligible; Only Architectural Design project of 3rd year B.Arch. done in academic session 2016-17 will be eligible.) 

 B) AWARDS : 

· Indian Contest – Top 2 Gold Awards worth Rs.10,000 each & 3 Silver Awards worth Rs.5000 each along with a certificate and trophy. 

 · Top 2 Gold winners out of these 5 awardees from Indian Domestic contest 2017 will be nominated to represent India for presenting their work in ACARA 2017

Opportunity for 2 Gold winners in the year 2013, 2014 , 2015 and 2016 : 

· Winners of Indian domestic contest held in 2013 had an opportunity to represent India in Osaka, Japan 

· Winners of Indian domestic contest held in 2014 had an opportunity to represent India in Dalian, China 

· Winners of Indian domestic contest 2015 had an opportunity to represent India in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. 

· Winners of Indian domestic contest 2016 had an opportunity to represent India in Singapore.

 (Note: Travel and other expenses for Asian contest is reimbursed by the host of ACARA for the two selected participants)

 C) JUDGING CRITERIA :

 · Design will be assessed by Power-point presentation, Drawings (2 numbers of A1 sized panel) as well as Model for the Indian Domestic Contest 2017. 

· Students will present their work in the form of Power-point presentation for max. 5 mins each as per Rookies standard format. 

 (Details and dates of submission will soon follow) 

 D) JURY PANEL: Jury panel for Indian domestic contest for ACARA 2017 involves more than 10 jury members out of which 2-5 jury members will be from colleges with winning entries in 2016. 

 E) VENUE for Indian Domestic Contest for ACARA 2017 

 VIT’s P.V.P. College of Architecture, Pune, , Aditya Nisarg, at-Pirangut, Tal.-Mulashi, Pune-412115 

 F) For INDIAN DOMESTIC CONTEST CONTACT:

 For further details please visit www.pvpcoapuneblog.blogspot.com For any queries write an Email on pvpcoapune.rookies@gmail.com

 G) REGISTRATION:

 Registration for ACARA 2017 is now open. Students can now register themselves at 

https://goo.gl/forms/UbFLRi5yq99lSly62

 Or contact : 

Ar Mrunalini Anekar

(Faculty Coordinator for ACARA, PVPCOA) 

Mobile no +91 9823408033 

Ar Sameer Gujar 

(Faculty Coordinator for ACARA, PVPCOA)
Mobile no +91 9168261653 

Thanks and Regards,

Ar. Prof. Prasanna Desai, 

Director, 

VIT's PVP College of Architecture, Pune 

Convener, ACARA-2017

Poster for the Event